SOD.174 – Four pilots

This is a bit of a cheat, but these are the four pilots I drew today for the fledgling "Mech Edition" HM version. Most of these are basically traces of client-provided computer characters, but the thing I've been working on is inking, and since I was pleased with the way they turned out AND I drew them today, I think they sort of qualify as a SOD.

Well, if one consults a dictionary (and I did; Merriam-Webster Online) one finds ‘pilot’ is reserved for air- or watercraft, while ‘driver’ refers to the operator of a motor vehicle. It doesn’t specifically say land-based motor vehicle, but I think the inference is clear. Neither Merriam nor Webster have ever been renowned for their explication of mech nomenclature.
On the other hand, it’s not much of a step to rationalize that a driver moves a vehicle along a predetermined route, e.g., a road, while a pilot navigates his vehicle at will and as necessary.
I have no personal preference. I just like to muddy the waters.
Whatever the final verdict, I think maybe they should be scalable from exo-suit pilot size way down to relatively-little-driver-inside-the-giant-mech-head size.

Wrong, but related, topic, but I had a thought on an earlier question of yours on ideas for this project. A good american attempt at anime that featured some decent mech’s was Exo-Squad. Veoh.com has the entire series, I believe.

I have a idea for a new character addition for the mecha pilots; a chain-smoking grizzled and scarred man with a big pair of googles on his forehead and a badass pistol. His appearance is roughly similiar to the guy on the bottom left, but with 10 years added to his appearance.